# A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [May 19, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250 "2023-05-19T03:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 216
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4302 "2024-02-19T12:32:22Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Doonesbury nailed it back in the 1980s: I remember that series: Trump: _And over here is my wife. Look at the quality!_ Duke: _Very impressive sir._ ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4303 "2024-02-19T12:34:38Z")
Apologies if this has been mentioned before, but there seems to be a movement developing on Twitter among truck drivers who claim to be boycotting any runs into NYC in retaliation for the civil judgments against Trump. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4304 "2024-02-19T13:29:41Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > The thing is, the numbers are kind of lame. So he pulls $400k with the Sneaker Stunt. That’s about 0.1% of what he owes in fines _this month alone_. If this pittance matters enough to him to show up in person for it, that just shows how desperate his finances really are. Yeah. Ten of those scams wouldn’t help him. Conning people is just in his blood. He has to do it. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4305 "2024-02-19T13:49:33Z")
From a Fox News article, of all places: trump comes in dead last in a new Presidential ranking poll. From the article: > According to a release from the Presidential Greatness Project, which touts itself as the “foremost organization of social science experts in presidential politics,” the 154 respondents to the survey included “current and recent members of the Presidents & Executive Politics Section of the American Political Science Association…as well as scholars who have recently published peer-reviewed academic research in key related scholarly journals or academic presses.” Even breaking down the poll respondents by Republican and Democrat, trump still comes in at #41 on the list among Repubs alone. > Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush and Trump were more likely to be ranked higher by conservatives or Republicans, with Reagan being ranked an average of 5th by Republicans respondents, Bush 19th and Trump 41st. Among Democrat respondents, Reagan was rated an average of 18th, Bush 33rd and Trump 45th. > **[New presidential rankings place Obama in top 10, Reagan and Trump below Biden](https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-presidential-rankings-place-obama-top-10-reagan-trump-below-biden?intcmp=tw_fnc)** > > A new survey of experts on presidential greatness determined that Abraham Lincoln is America's greatest president, while Donald Trump was ranked in last place. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4306 "2024-02-19T16:31:50Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > there seems to be a movement developing on Twitter among truck drivers who claim to be boycotting any runs into NYC in retaliation for the civil judgments against Trump. So they’re going to stop getting a paycheck. OK then. Next, they are going to hammer nails into their own testicles until Trump is set free. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4307 "2024-02-19T16:51:11Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > The thing is, the numbers are kind of lame. So he pulls $400k with the Sneaker Stunt. And remember, that’s gross sales, not net profit. He has to pay someone a couple of bucks to make the damn things (if he ever does). ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4308 "2024-02-19T16:54:56Z")
And also, he only licensed his name, so he only gets a portion of the net profit. If the things are ever made… “shipping in July” It’s more likely someone is going to take the money and run. They have the sweet, sweet cash - why would they bother shipping the shoes that don’t even exist yet? It is a coincidence that credit card holders have a 120 day period to claim a chargeback, and these “shoes” are going to be supposedly shipped 120 days from now? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4309 "2024-02-19T17:27:26Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > > [@Horatius](#): > > > > The thing is, the numbers are kind of lame. So he pulls $400k with the Sneaker Stunt. > > And remember, that’s gross sales, not net profit. He has to pay someone a couple of bucks to make the damn things (if he ever does). I just assumed after Friday’s ruling from Engoron, Donny sent Jr off to Famous Footwear to buy out their stock of Chuck Taylor All-Stars, and Eric to Home Depot and Lowes to buy all the gold spray paint he could carry. Then they pulled an all-nighter spray painting all the sneakers for Saturday’s Sneaker-Con\*. The reason there’s a shortage of the sneakers is because Junior was huffing all the gold paint. \* The double meaning just hit me. 🤦🏻‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4310 "2024-02-19T17:50:51Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > > [@Procrustus](#): > > > > He has to pay someone a couple of bucks to make the damn things (if he ever does). > > […] > …all the sneakers for Saturday’s Sneaker-Con\*. > […] > \* The double meaning just hit me. 🤦🏻‍♂️ And then there is the relation between your username and the subject we are discussing. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4311 "2024-02-19T19:20:20Z")
I remember the one where Donnie was angry with the artist who was supposed to be painting the ceiling of his bathroom with a scene from the Sistine chapel. Donnie’s face was painted to be Adam’s as God reached down to give him life. But the artist had made a mistake, and it was supposed to have God’s face as that of the orange one. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4312 "2024-02-19T23:20:00Z")
Wait, really? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4313 "2024-02-19T23:22:46Z")
[![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/14/97/ae/1497ae460decdc5916ca0007574ce2e2.gif) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/14/97/ae/1497ae460decdc5916ca0007574ce2e2.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4314 "2024-02-19T23:26:40Z")
Oh, I thought you were talking about an actual story! It sounded very believable! 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4315 "2024-02-20T03:41:16Z")
The winning bid for an autographed Trump sneaker. > Sharf, who was born in the Soviet Union and lives in Philadelphia, describes himself as “one of the world’s biggest grey market watch dealers” – which trades luxury watches “without being authorised by the brand to do so on their behalf” > **[Mystery man behind $9k Trump sneaker bid](https://nypost.com/2024/02/18/us-news/ceo-wins-autographed-gold-donald-trump-sneakers-after-13k-bid/)** > > A Russian CEO has won an autographed pair of Donald Trump’s new golden sneakers after making an eye-watering bid. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4316 "2024-02-20T04:28:12Z")
Birds of a feather… with or without fugly “gold” sneakers. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4317 "2024-02-20T10:01:57Z")
Russia, Russia, Russia. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4318 "2024-02-20T11:26:02Z")
Just $9K for ugly gilded sneakers autographed with a Sharpie by an orange imbecile? The enterprising Russian ex-pat is sitting on a gold mine! If only I knew I had a chance, I’d happily mortgage my house to give him ten times that amount, knowing that the boots had been touched by the hands of the Orange Messiah himself! But, needless to say, I would give life itself to just briefly possess the Imaginary Golden Accordion! > [@A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4195): > > It sounds like this. [[Donald Trump and his imaginary accordian] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7OihyehgtI) ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4319 "2024-02-20T12:25:05Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > But, needless to say, I would give life itself to just briefly possess the Imaginary Golden Accordion! A golden instrument AND business in Georgia? This Trump fellow sounds very familiar… ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4320 "2024-02-20T13:18:28Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > The winning bid for an autographed Trump sneaker. > > > A Russian CEO has won an autographed pair of Donald Trump’s new golden sneakers after making an eye-watering bid. A foreign national overpaying trump for goods or services in order to line trump’s pockets? How unusual. > **[Trump's businesses got at least $7.8 million in foreign payments while he was...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-foreign-payments-emoluments-clause-house-democrats/)** > > Donald Trump's businesses got at least $7.8 million from foreign governments and government-backed entities from 20 countries while he was president, according to a new report. > [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > A golden instrument AND business in Georgia? This Trump fellow sounds very familiar… Haha! Wait, trump is the devil in your scenario, not a potential soul to steal, right? I’m sure if he ever had a soul, it was mortgaged off long ago. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4321 "2024-02-20T13:45:58Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Wait, trump is the devil in your scenario, not a potential soul to steal, right? I’m sure if he ever had a soul, it was mortgaged off long ago. Who wants a raisin when you’re hungry for a grape? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250.md?page=215) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250.md?page=217)